Ugreen’s 300W GaN charger has four high-power USB-C ports for all your devices

Ugreen is introducing a new 300W GaN charger with enough ports to charge gadgets the size of a suitcase. The $269 device has four USB-C ports and one USB-A port, and spokesman Roger Wan says it will be available for sale in mid-August. The most powerful port is capable of delivering up to 140W of power through the PowerDelivery 3.1 spec, which is enough Fast charge the modern 16-inch MacBook Pro When used with Apple’s MagSafe 3 to USB-C cable, even when four other devices are charged simultaneously.

With each USB connection in use, the charger can provide 140W through its first USB-C port, 65W through the second, 45W through the third, 20W through the fourth, and 22.5W through its USB-A port, Ugreen’s bottom As per the given table. But if you have fewer devices plugged in, some of these ports may provide more power. The second and third USB-C ports can apparently go up to 100W, while the fourth can provide 45W of power.

My big question is how hot will the charger get while providing power to so many devices. Ugreen advertises that its new 300W charger has a thermal monitoring system built into it that takes temperature readings every half a second to prevent overheating. But when we recently reviewed its Nexode 140W charger, we found it got “uncomfortably” hot, even though it was technically under UGreen’s thermal limits.

Ugreen’s new $269 charger is clearly an expensive accessory, but it’s great to see a compact option for people who need to provide a lot of power to several different devices at once. Last year we were excited to see a 140W-compatible charger with three ports, and now Ugreen is introducing a compact charger with five. It’s not hard to see that this is the only accessory you need for a holiday or work trip, even if you’re carrying a power-guzzling laptop, phone, game console, camera and wireless headphones.

However, in the future, we should be prepared for laptops to draw even more power on a single USB-C cable. The latest power standard supports up to 240W and we’ve already seen cables and laptops that can handle that much wattage. Now, all we need is a power adapter that’s fit for the job.